The company awarded the Arrecife rainwater works, Bruesa, has reached an agreement with the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, whereby it will transfer the completion of the works to another company, as confirmed on Radio Lanzarote by the Director General of Water of the Government of the Canary Islands, Mariano de León.
This is the conclusion of the meetings that the technicians of the Ministry of the Environment held last Thursday and Friday with Bruesa, after the works were halted again a few days ago. This situation is not the first time that it has occurred, as the works have suffered numerous stoppages since their beginning and, in fact, the works should have been completed in August last year.
As explained by De León, Bruesa is already holding talks to determine which company will take over the completion of the works and its name will be known later this week. De León has specified that it will be a company from Lanzarote, which has the necessary technical infrastructure and can finish the work "in the shortest possible time".
The Director General of Water of the Government of the Canary Islands has positively assessed the agreement reached. "I believe that the decision that has been taken is the best and the fastest", he said. And the fact is that another of the solutions that could have been chosen is to take the work away from the awarded company but, in De León's opinion, this would be "the worst of the decisions", as it would entail putting the work out to tender again, so it would take two or three years until the works can be completed.
What the Director General of Water of the Government of the Canary Islands has not been able to specify is what will happen with the subcontracts, to which Bruesa owes a significant amount of money. "I am unaware of the negotiations on the company's debt with the subcontractors, but everything possible will be done to ensure that they get paid". However, he added, "the most important thing is that the works are completed".
